Some of Staten Island's roads were laid out during Colonial times. And they remain pretty much the same to this day. But the horse-and-buggy days are over.

lights.jpg

Advance file photo

Poorly timed traffic lights

You would think that the lights would be designed to keep traffic flowing. But it seems planners have set out to keep traffic stopped as often as they can.

turn.jpg

Advance file photo

Not enough right-on-reds

New Jersey's got them. So do lots of places upstate. Not in the five boroughs, though. Another way that Staten Island suffers from the city's "one size fits all" policies.

cars.jpg

Advance file photo

Too many cars!

More than a quarter-million cars registered here. Some of them super-sized SUVs and light trucks. More multiple-car homes than there used to be. Simply not enough road to hold them all. Cars can hardly pass each other on neighborhood sidestreets anymore.